indictable

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Indictable offences are those which are more serious and dealt with in Crown Court.

From BBC • Dec. 16, 2024

How Indictable This Stuff Is: It’s really hard to say, because these kids have kept getting out of legal jams.

From Slate • Oct. 28, 2020

Indictable criminal offenses rose from 17,664 in 1929 to 20,553 in 1930.

From Time Magazine Archive

The ruling of the Lord Chief Justice that a book written with pure intention and meant to convey useful knowledge might yet be obscene, drew from me a pamphlet entitled, "Is the Bible Indictable?"

From Autobiographical Sketches by Besant, Annie Wood

The procedure is regulated by the Indictable Offences Act 1848, and is entirely different from the procedure for summary offences.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" by Various